Re: XML type in PostgreSQL 8.3

Peter.

A quick perusal of the docs suggests that this is really just a
stream wrapper, much like binary data.

Am I missing anything ?
On 24-Jan-07, at 9:37 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> PostgreSQL 8.3 will come with a native xml type and support functions.
> It would be nice if the JDBC driver could also make the appropriate
> additions for handling this type.  Java 6 adds the java.sql.SQLXML
> interface to encapsulate values of that type, along with
> ResultSet.getSQLXML and so on.  Documentation is here:
>
> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/SQLXML.html
>
> The xml type in PostgreSQL CVS head should be fully functional to the
> extent that one would need for developing this support.  Initial
> documentation is here:
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-xml.html
>
> Maybe someone wants to tackle this, or at least make a note of it for
> the future.  Let me know how I can help.
>
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